§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the activity figures for in-patients plus day cases in terms of finished consultant episodes for each region and special health authority combined in 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 for(a) NHS patients and (b) private patients.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information available is shown in the table. Information on private patients for 1992–93 is not yet available.
England, NHS Hospital activity data, 1990–91—1992–93 (a) Finished consultant episodes (in-patient plus day cases)1 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 England 8,785,252 9,306,707 9,636,262 Northern 628,583 655,287 678,185 Yorkshire 722,130 751,428 784,549 Trent 809,186 858,823 899,532 East Anglia 360,934 379,294 388,343 North West Thames 536,203 576,714 600,446 North East Thames 695,279 746,633 762,213 South East Thames 629,250 673,068 702,475 South West Thames 457,600 500,588 522,221 Wessex 526,284 562,571 573,834 Oxford 383,333 404,923 431,021 South Western 588,049 617,689 647,201 West Midlands 959,648 1,006,699 1,029,052 Mersey 487,107 523,515 541,685 North Western 887,029 927,034 944,323 SHAs 114,637 122,441 131,182 1 This includes a small number of private patients of which estimates are shown in the table (b). Source: KP70 return.
(b) Private patients in NHS hospitals—Finished Consultant Episodes 1990–91 1991–922 England1 81,366 89,863 Northern 3,349 3,178 Yorkshire 4,842 5,263 Trent 2,797 3,038 East Anglia 4,504 4,270 North West Thames 10,345 9,337 North East Thames 7,402 9,850 South East Thames 6,648 8,636 South West Thames 5,081 6,269 Wessex 2,643 2,673 Oxford 6,928 7,244 South Western 5,044 5,458 West Midlands 6,081 6,866 Mersey 2,370 2,249 North Western 6,445 7,224 SHAs 6,887 8,306 1 Total may not add due to rounding. 2 Provisional estimates. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, 1990–91; 1991–92.